Hi, Can anyone tell me how to know the total hard disk size in DOS. "fdisk" (option 4) is an option, but I want the information stored in a file. I tried to redirect the information using "fdisk /status > file.txt". But it just created an empty file. Thanks for the help... Thanks, Aju

I don't think there's native dos commands to do that. Try googling dos "screen dump" or dos "screen capture". That way you'd run fdisk/status and then run the screen dump software. You could probably combine the commands in a batch file. Interestingly, there is a screen capture in windows. If you have a dos box open and hit ALT-PRINT SCREEN it copies the screen contents to the clipboard. Close the box and run notepad, right click and PASTE. The dos screen contents are now a text file.

Since this: fdisk /status > file.txt gave you an empty file, I guess the result does not go to stdout. Strange, but since /status is one of those 'undocumented' switches, all bets are off. I don't have DOS running to test it. Did you get the output on screen? If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi, Yes, I also assume that the output of "fdisk /status" does not go to the stdout. But isn't it strange? I was expecting all the commands to work in a similar manner. Dave, I did not want to use any other utilities, but to devolop one of my own. In fact I just want to know the total size of a hard disk. So I thought I'll redirect the output of fdisk and later parse the file to get the info. And mechanix, I did get the output on the screen. Its the same output that you get when you run "fdisk" and select option-4. Thanks, Aju

I guess the approach to take is a BIOS call. You do want the size of the DRIVE, right? Not the size of a PARTITION, which you could get from the partition table. hmmm... Is the DRIVE size also in the partition table? If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

How about the old pipe command, maybe try this: dir > dir.txt this will create a .txt file with the info I think you want ? Keep the old stuff running

Yeah I was kind of surprised fdisk/status>file.txt didn't work. That's why I thought you may need to use one of the screen capture utilities. Dir>dir.txt does work but of course you only get a directory list and not fdisk/status results. I think we might be missing something minor. The file is created so the syntax would seem to be OK.